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Psychological Warfare in Chinglish
At a time when US-China relationships are pretty much in the toilet, the worst that can happen is — psychological warfare in Chinglish, apparently… The fact that the shop also “codes” the real price makes this appear a bit more like a Chinglish national security operation… except for in place of big tanks, you get…
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Confusing Chinglish from “Tanzili” (?) in Weichang
This past October Break, the extra day off meant yours truly managed to visit Weichang Manchu and Mongol Autonomous County (围场满族蒙古族自治区) in the northernmost extremes of Hebei. Amazingly, they have a Starbucks (which in China, shows to the local authorities “you have money” or “you are global” — supposedly). But they were also not short on…
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New Supermarket… New Chinglish?
Just picking up at the end of a long October Break 2025 in China — lots of travelling, and a fair bit of Chinglish, too. My wife, always on the hunt for a good deal, spotted a new supermarket offering special deals. And, might I say, quite a lot of Chinglish as well. Here are…
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Motivational Chinglish — Better Treat Life “Serious”!
The pleasures of remote working — which I’ve done for almost 20 years — is that you get to choose where you work. (With data tethering, wifi is optional, even!) And my end — this almost like you’re on the search, at the same time — for fresh new Chinglish every day. So this bit…
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Welcome the Respectful Guests to Guide the Work
To the agony of some in City Hall in the capital, China is increasingly becoming a superpower. (The fact I mentioned this public statement of fact got me cancelled from a Chinglish-related presentation I was about to do for them last autumn — typical bureaucratic paranoia! Oh and the “agony” part is because some prefer…